(Papers) SSC Junior Engineer Exam Paper - 2018 "held on 25 Jan 2018" Morning shift (General Engineering Civil, Electrical, Mechanical)
(Papers) SSC Junior Engineer Exam Paper - 2018 "held on 25
Jan 2018" Morning shift
(General Engineering Civil, Electrical, Mechanical)
QID : 101 - Air permeability method is used in which of the following test of cement?
1) Compressive strength test
2) Fineness test
3) Soundness test
4) Slump test
Correct Answer: Fineness test
QID : 102 - The main purpose of the soundness test of the cement is to determine the ___.
1) change in volume of cement after setting
2) strength
3) fineness
4) time taken to harden
Correct Answer: change in volume of cement after setting
QID : 103 -
1) 21.75
2) 30
3) 38.25
4) 40.25
Correct Answer: 38.25
QID : 104 - Which of the following method is used to make the timber fire resistance?
1) Coating with tar paint.
2) Pumping creosote oil into timber at high pressure.
3) Seasoning process.
4) Soaking it in ammonium sulphate.
Correct Answer: Soaking it in ammonium sulphate.
QID : 105 - In which of the following process, plug mill is used?
1) Burning of bricks
2) Drying of bricks
3) Moulding of clay
4) Preparation of clay
Correct Answer: Preparation of clay
QID : 106 - According to the IS specifications, initial setting time of the ordinary Portland cement should be ___.
1) 10 minutes
2) 30 minutes
3) 6 hours
4) 10 hours
Correct Answer: 30 minutes
QID : 107 - Which of the following is the main reason to provide frog in the bricks?
1) Print manufacturer’s name.
2) Form keyed joint between brick and mortar.
3) Improve thermal insulation
4) Reduce the weight of brick.
Correct Answer: Form keyed joint between brick and mortar.
QID : 108 - Which of the following is used as the vehicle in the enamel paints?
1) Linseed oil
2) Mustard
3) Varnish
4) Water
Correct Answer: Varnish
QID : 109 -
1) 10
2) 12
3) 15
4) 20
Correct Answer: 20
QID : 110 - Which of the following is fused together to prepare the high alumina cement?
1) Bauxite and limestone
2) Bauxite, limestone and gypsum
3) Limestone, gypsum and clay
4) Limestone, bauxite, gypsum, clay and chalk
Correct Answer: Bauxite and limestone
QID : 111 - Accuracy in the measurement of the volume in cubic meter should be near to ____.
1) 0.001
2) 0.01
3) 0.02
4) 0.1
Correct Answer: 0.01
QID : 112 - Deduction for total length of the central line at the corner where two walls meet is ______.
1) half of thickness of wall
2) no deduction
3) thickness of wall
4) twice of the thickness of wall
Correct Answer: no deduction
QID : 113 - Which of the following is estimated by using a bar bending schedule?
1) Brick work
2) Concrete work
3) Earthwork
4) Steel work
Correct Answer: Steel work
QID : 114 - Which of the following is measured in square meter?
1) Cornice
2) Concrete work
3) Shuttering
4) Steel reinforcement bar
Correct Answer: Shuttering
QID : 115 - Which of the following statements are the CORRECT for estimation of plastering?
1) For opening up to 0.5 square meters, no deduction is made.
2) For opening exceeding 0.5 square meters and up to 3 square meters, deduction
is made for one face.
3) For opening up to 3 square meters, deduction is made for both faces.
4) For ends of beams, no deduction is made.
1) 1 and 4
2) 1, 2 and 4
3) 1, 3 and 4
4) 3 and 4
Correct Answer: 1, 2 and 4
QID : 116 - Chowkhat or frame of the door is measured in_________.
1) cubic meter
2) meter
3) quintal
4) square meter
Correct Answer: cubic meter
QID : 117 - Calculate the preliminary estimate for a building having a total carpet area of 500 square meters. Extra provision as 10% of the carpet area is provided for walls and verandah. The plinth area rate is Rs. 1,200 per square meter.
1) 60000
2) 540000
3) 600000
4) 660000
Correct Answer: 660000
QID : 118 - Calculate the volume of earth work for an embankment of length L and width B. The mean depth of the embankment is D and side slope is S : 1.Using mid-sectional area method.
QID : 119 - Calculate the quantity of the sand required for 8 cubic meter brick
work with cement mortar (1 : 3).
1) 1.38
2) 1.5
3) 1.8
4) 2.4
Correct Answer: 1.8
QID : 120 - Calculate the capitalized value of a building having annual rent of Rs. 20,000 and highest rate of interest is 5%.
1) 1000
2) 21000
3) 220000
4) 400000
Correct Answer: 400000
QID : 121 - Plumb bob lines at two different places in plane surveying are ___.
1) cut at the center of the earth
2) inclined
3) parallel to each other
4) perpendicular to each other
Correct Answer: parallel to each other
QID : 122 - A curve whose radius varies from infinity to a certain value is called ____.
1) compound curve
2) circular curve
3) reverse curve
4) transition curve
Correct Answer: transition curve
QID : 123 - What is the representative fraction for a scale of 10 cm = 20 km?
1) 1 cm = 2 km
2) 1 cm = 20,000 m
3) 1:2
4) 1 : 200,000
Correct Answer: 1 : 200,000
QID : 124 - The line which is used to collect the details of the objects in an area is called ___.
1) base line
2) check line
3) main line
4) tie line
Correct Answer: tie line
QID : 125 -
QID : 126 - Calculate the total correction (m) required, if a line measured
using 20 m chain is 2380 m. Actual length of the chain is 20.2 m.
1) 22.6
2) 23.56
3) 23.8
4) 476
Correct Answer: 23.8
QID : 127 - The least count of a theodolite is ___.
1) 1 degree
2) 2 minutes
3) 2 seconds
4) 20 seconds
Correct Answer: 20 seconds
QID : 128 - Calculate the corrected staff reading at point A, if the staff reading is taken from an instrument which is set at a distance of 1.5 km from the point A 3.46 m.
1) 3.28
2) 3.3
3) 3.43
4) 3.48
Correct Answer: 3.3
QID : 129 - Calculate the intersect angle (degree) for the anallactic telescope.
1) 0.467
2) 0.573
3) 0.592
4) 0.598
Correct Answer: 0.573
QID : 130 - Which of the following statements are CORRECT for contour map?
1) Parallel contour shows uniform slope.
2) Very closed contour shows steep slope.
3) Very closed contour shows flat area.
4) Two contours at different elevation cut at right angle.
1) 1,2 and 4
2) 1 and 2
3) 1, 3 and 4
4) 2 and 4
Correct Answer: 1 and 2
QID : 131 - What is the terminal velocity (m/s) for a 4 g particle which is falling in the water with projected area of 5 sq. cm? The coefficient of drag is given as 0.47.
1) 0.58
2) 5.2
3) 7.5
4) 10
Correct Answer: 0.58
QID : 132 - The coefficient of curvature for well graded soil lies between ____.
\1) 1 to 2
2) 1 to 3
3) 1 to 5
4) 5 to 7
Correct Answer: 1 to 3
QID : 133 - The coefficient of uniformity for well graded sand must be greater than ____.
1) 4
2) 5
3) 6
4) 10
Correct Answer: 6
QID : 134 - Casagrande’s apparatus is used to determine ____.
1) liquid limit
2) plastic limit
3) shear strength
4) shrinkage limit
Correct Answer: liquid limit
QID : 135 - On increasing temperature, the viscosity of gas _____.
1) decreases
2) first increases and then rapidly decrease
3) increases
4) not affected by temperature
Correct Answer: increases
QID : 136 -
QID : 137 - The head developed by the centrifugal pump is 40 m while operating at the speed of 750 rpm. If the rated capacity is given as 50 cumec, what is the specific speed of centrifugal pump?
1) 150
2) 300
3) 333
4) 500
Correct Answer: 333
QID : 138 - Surface tension for an ideal fluid is _____.
1) depends on temperature
2) one
3) infinite
4) zero
Correct Answer: zero
QID : 139 - Which of the following is not true about density of the gases?
1) Proportional to pressure.
2) Inversely proportional to temperature.
3) Inversely proportional to volume.
4) Do not depend on temperature and pressure.
Correct Answer: Do not depend on temperature and
pressure.
QID : 140 - The stable equilibrium is achieved in the floating body when _____.
1) center of gravity is below the centerof buoyancy
2) metacenter is above the center of gravity
3) metacenter is below the center of gravity
4) metacentric height is zero
Correct Answer: metacenter is above the center of gravity
QID : 141 - What is the value of friction factor, if the diameter of pipe is 50 cm and roughness height is 0.25 cm?
1) 0.0003
2) 0.003
3) 0.01002
4) 0.03035
Correct Answer: 0.03035
QID : 142 - What is the head loss in pipe due to friction over the length of 30 km, if the diameter of pipe is 80 cm and velocity of flow is 30 cm/s? Take friction factor 0.032.
1) 4.0 m
2) 4.5 m
3) 5.5 m
4) 10 m
Correct Answer: 5.5 m
QID : 143 - The range of Froud number for the weak jump is________.
1) 1.0 to 1.7
2) 1.7 to 2.5
3) 2.5 to 4.5
4) 4.5 to 9.0
Correct Answer: 1.7 to 2.5
QID : 144 - What is the velocity (m/s) with which elementary wave can travel upstream, if the velocity of flow is 2 m/s and depth of flow in channel is 1 m?
1) 1.132
2) 2
3) 3.132
4) 5.132
Correct Answer: 1.132
QID : 145 - Which one is the best method of reclamation of the alkaline soil?
1) Addition of gypsum to soil.
2) Addition of gypsum to soil and leaching.
3) Leaching.
4) Providing good drainage system.
Correct Answer: Addition of gypsum to soil and leaching.
QID : 146 -
1) 2.5
2) 3.5
3) 4.6
4) 7.67
Correct Answer: 3.5
QID : 147 - The intermediate sight distance is equal to ______.
1) overtaking sight distance
2) stopping sight distance
3) twice of stopping sight distance
4) twice of stopping sight distance
Correct Answer: twice of stopping sight distance
QID : 148 - Calculate the equivalent radius of the resisting section of 20 cm thick slab, if the ratio of the radius of wheel load distribution to the thickness of the slab is 0.5.
1) 8
2) 10.16
3) 20
4) 23.66
Correct Answer: 10.16
QID : 149 - Which of the following is responsible for the corrosion of concrete sewers?
1) Chlorine
2) Oxygen
3) Nitrogen
4) Septic conditions
Correct Answer: Septic conditions
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QID : 150 - Which of the following is responsible for the depletion of ozone layer in the upper atmosphere?
1) Carbon dioxide
2) Chlorofluorocarbons
3) Hydrogen peroxide
4) Oxides of nitrogen
Correct Answer: Chlorofluorocarbons
QID : 151 - Live loads, with time can vary in:-
1) Magnitude
2) Position
3) Neither position nor magnitude
4) Position as well as magnitude
Correct Answer: Position as well as magnitude
QID : 152 - Impact load results from which type of effects of loads applied?
1) Static
2) Dynamic
3) Static and dynamic
4) Neither static nor dynamic
Correct Answer: Dynamic
QID : 153 - Which type of drainage system will collect the rainwater?
1) Primary
2) Secondary
3) Tertiary
4) Primary and tertiary
Correct Answer: Primary
QID : 154 - Moment at a hinge will be:-
1) Infinity
2) Zero
3) Depends upon acting forces
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Zero
QID : 155 - For the validity of principle of superposition, materials should behave in which manner?
1) linear-elastic
2) non-linear-elastic
3) Non-linear- inelastic
4) Linear- inelastic
Correct Answer: Linear- inelastic
QID : 156 - If 4 reactions are acting on a beam, then the system is:-
1) Unstable & indeterminate
2) Stable & indeterminate
3) Stable & determinate
4) Can't say
Correct Answer: Can't say
QID : 157 - Which of the following statements is true?
A. If a truss consists of a non-triangular element, then it will essentially
be unstable.
B. In the above cases, instability is the most probable occurrence, but there
are a lot of examples which are unstable.
1) Only A
2) Only B
3) Both A and B
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Only B
QID : 158 - Which of the following statements is true?
A. A roller is provided at end of a bridge truss to allow thermal expansion.
B. A roller provides freedom of deformation in horizontal plane in case of
thermal expansion.
1) Only A
2) Only B
3) Both A and B
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Both A and B
QID : 159 - Trusses and frames are different as:-
1) Trusses can bend, frames can’t
2) Both can bend
3) None of them can bend
4) Trusses can’t but frame can
Correct Answer: Trusses can’t but frame can
QID : 160 - Given that J is no. of joints. B and R are no. of members and no. of reactions.
If B = 5, R = 4 and J = 4, then the truss is:-
1) Statically determinate
2) Statically indeterminate
3) Stable
4) Unstable
Correct Answer: Statically indeterminate
QID : 161 - What is the ideal water-cement ratio to be used while hand mixing?
1) 0.4-0.5
2) 0.5-0.6
3) 0.6-1
4) 1.6-2
Correct Answer: 0.5-0.6
QID : 162 - As water cement ratio increases, ________ also increases.
1) Compressive strength
2) Tensile strength
3) Bleeding
4) Workability
Correct Answer: Workability
QID : 163 - Ready mix plant and central mix plant differ in:
1) Transportation
2) Setting time
3) Properties
4) Water addition
Correct Answer: Water addition
QID : 164 - Compacting of concrete is done to:
1) Place concrete on flat surface
2) Remove air bubbles
3) Place concrete on sloping surface
4) Introduce air bubbles
Correct Answer: Remove air bubbles
QID : 165 - Which of the following statements is true?
A. A gap of 0.3m is to be maintained between cement bag and wall, while
storing cement.
B. A gap 100 cm is to be maintained between cement bag and wall, while storing
cement.
1) Only A
2) Only B
3) Both A and B
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Only A
QID : 166 - Which of the following statements is true?
A. Impermeability is a property of fresh concrete.
B. Impermeability is a not property of fresh concrete.
C. Impermeability is nothing to with concrete at all.
1) Only A
2) Only B
3) Only C
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Only A
QID : 167 - M15 concrete is used for:
1) Dams
2) Foundation
3) R.C.C
4) Mass concreting works
Correct Answer: Foundation
QID : 168 - Tensile strength of concrete is found out using:
1) CTM
2) Gradual tensile test
3) Split tensile test
4) Radial tensile test
Correct Answer: Split tensile test
QID : 169 - A slump of 50-100mm can be used for:
1) Mass concreting
2) Strip footing
3) Trench fill
4) Beams
Correct Answer: Beams
QID : 170 - Before plastering, the surface has to be:
1) Rough
2) Smooth
3) Cemented
4) Watered
Correct Answer: Rough
QID : 171 - Wood surface requires _________ coats of plastering.
1) 2
2) 3
3) 1
4) None of these
Correct Answer: 1
QID : 172 - For the construction of the retaining structures, the type of concrete mix to be used is
A. 1:3:6
B.1:2:4
C. 1:1.5:3
D. 1:1:2
1) Only A
2) Only B
3) Only C
4) Only D
Correct Answer: Only C
QID : 173 - For preparing ordinary concrete, what is the quantity of water used?
1) 5% by weight of aggregates plus 20% of weight of cement
2) 10% by weight of aggregates plus 10% of weight of cement
3) 5% by weight of aggregates plus 30% of weight of cement
4) 30% by weight of aggregates plus 10% of weight of cement
Correct Answer: 5% by weight of aggregates plus 30% of weight of cement
QID : 174 - If the various concrete ingredients i.e. cement, sand, aggregates are in the ratio of 1:3:6, the grade of concrete is
1) M100
2) M150
3) M200
4) M300
Correct Answer: M100
QID : 175 - For which of the following is an ideal warehouse is provided?
1) water proof masonry walls
2) water proof roof
3) few windows which remain generally closed
4) All of these
Correct Answer: All of these
QID : 176 - If the internal dimensions of a ware house are 15 m x 5.6 m and the maximum height of piles is 2.70 m, then what is the maximum number of bags to be stored in two piles?
1) 1500
2) 2000
3) 2200
4) 3000
Correct Answer: 3000
QID : 177 - Which of the following statements is true?
1) The weight of ingredients of concrete mix, is taken in kilograms
2) Water and aggregates are measured in liters
3) The finished concrete is measured in cubic meters
4) All of these
Correct Answer: All of these
QID : 178 - For concreting tunnel linings, transportation of concrete is done by which of the following?
1) pans
2) wheel borrows
3) containers
4) pumps
Correct Answer: pumps
QID : 179 - __________ is used to construct very thin, hard and strong surface
1) Reinforced Cement Concrete
2) Post-Stressed Concrete
3) Ferro-Cement
4) None of these
Correct Answer: Ferro-Cement
QID : 180 - How many methods of ferro cementing are there?
1) 3
2) 2
3) 4
4) 6
Correct Answer: 3
QID : 181 - The effective width of a column strip of a flat slab that is taken into consideration?
1) one-fourth the width of the panel
2) half the width of the panel
3) radius of the column
4) diameter of the column
Correct Answer: half the width of the panel
QID : 182 -
1) [1] Only
2) [2] Only
3) [3] Only
4) Zero
Correct Answer: [3] Only
QID : 183 - For initial estimate for a beam design, the width is assumed
1) 1/15th of the span
2) 1/20th of the span
3) 1/25th of the span
4) 1/30th of the span
Correct Answer: 1/30th of the span
QID : 184 - The thickness of the topping of a ribbed slab, varies between
1) 3 cm to 5 cm
2) 5 cm to 8 cm
3) 8 cm to 10 cm
4) 12 cm to 15 cm
Correct Answer: 5 cm to 8 cm
QID : 185 - For a ribbed slab
1) clear spacing between ribs shall not be greater than 4.5 cm
2) width of the rib shall not be less than 7.5 cm
3) overall depth of the slab shall not exceed four times the breadth of the rib
4) All option are correct
Correct Answer: All option are correct
QID : 186 - Which of the following statements is true?
1) On an absolutely rigid foundation base the pressure will be more at the
edges of the foundation
2) On an absolutely rigid foundation base the pressure will be uniform
3) On an absolutely rigid foundation base the pressure will not be uniform
4) On an absolutely rigid foundation base the pressure will be zero at the
center of the foundation
Correct Answer: On an absolutely rigid foundation base the pressure will not be uniform
QID : 187 - According to I.S.: 456, 1978 the thickness of reinforced concrete footing on piles at its edges is kept less than
1) 20 cm
2) 30 cm
3) 40 cm
4) 50 cm
Correct Answer: 30 cm
QID : 188 - If the diameter of longitudinal bars of a square column is 16 mm, the diameter of lateral ties should not be less than
1) 4 mm
2) 5 mm
3) 6 mm
4) 8 mm
Correct Answer: 5 mm
QID : 189 - Maximum strain theory for the failure of a material at the elastic limit is known as
1) Guest’s or Trecas’ theory
2) St.Venant’s theory
3) Rankine’s theory
4) Haig’s theory
Correct Answer: St.Venant’s theory
QID : 190 - Gradually applied static loads do not change with time their
1) magnitude
2) direction
3) point of application
4) All options are correct
Correct Answer: All options are correct
QID : 191 - The thickness of slabs and beams must be measured to the nearest:-
1) 0.001 m
2) 0.005 m
3) 0.01 m
4) 0.05 m
Correct Answer: 0.005 m
QID : 192 - A composite beam is composed of two equal strips one of brass and other of steel. If the temperature is raised
1) steel experiences tensile force
2) brass experiences compressive force
3) composite beam gets subjected to a couple
4) All of these
Correct Answer: All of these
QID : 193 - A linear force-deformation relation is obtained in materials
1) having elastic stress- strain property
2) having plastic stress- strain property
3) which are rigid elast ic materials
4) None of these
Correct Answer: None of these
QID : 194 - In a structure, why are the cables and wires are generally used?
1) To resist shear stress
2) As compression member
3) As flexural member
4) None of these
Correct Answer: None of these
QID : 195 - The ability of a material to absorb energy till the elastic limit is known as
1) Ductility
2) Malleability
3) Elasticity
4) None of these
Correct Answer: None of these
QID : 196 - If a material has identical properties in all directions, It is said to be
1) homogeneous
2) elastic
3) isotropic
4) None of these
Correct Answer: isotropic
QID : 197 - If all the dimensions of a prismatic bar are double, then the maximum stress produced in it under its weight will
1) decrease
2) increase to two times
3) increase to three times
4) None of these
Correct Answer: None of these
QID : 198 - The ratio of the length of the column to the minimum radius of gyration of the cross sectional area of the column is known as
1) slenderness ratio
2) buckling ratio
3) crippling ratio
4) compressive ratio
Correct Answer: slenderness ratio
QID : 199 - In a built-up section carrying tensile force, the flanges of two channels are turned outward
1) to simplify the transverse connections
2) to minimize lacing
3) to have greater lateral rigidity
4) All option are correct
Correct Answer: to have greater lateral rigidity
QID : 200 - A tension member, if subjected to possible reversal of stress due to wind, the slenderness ratio of the member should not exceed
1) 180
2) 200
3) 250
4) 350
Correct Answer: 350
